Game Thread Lady Vols vs Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament

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VolnJC said:
Found a pic of Slydell
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Me in the driver's seat.:hi:
 
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#253
#253
So what is with this team??? Are they like those occasional UK men's teams that play like crap all season, blast through the SEC tourney, and they hit the NCAA's? Such a weird sport, where the regular season doesn't really mean anything other than seeding for the conference play-offs.

Whatever they're up to, go Lady Vols!!! :fireworks::fireworks::fireworks:
 
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#256
LadyVol1908 said:
If only Ms Nared could find her shot, we'd be really clicking!
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I think it's going to come to her she is far too talented to hit this slump but when she shows up she does... She has a nice form I was kind of happy to see her get in Jones face... let's go Lady Vols
 
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#257
We've cut down significantly on turnovers--12 tonight, 10 last night--after averaging about 20 for most of the year. That is big. We still have offensive issues. We still move the ball too slowly; we still struggle shooting threes, but there has been some offensive improvement. Graves had a good game--but she frankly has a weird offensive game. When you get the ball in the paint, and think you can score, you need to go up for the shot strongly and quickly--and be tall in doing so. Graves seldom does this. Maybe it's because she's gotten shots blocked over the years, not sure--but when she gets the ball in the paint, she actually often goes low and tries to dribble around defenders in the paint, get closer to the basket and score. She won't take the quick 6-foot shot but will try to get closer and take the 2-foot layup. She did this successfully at least three times tonight, but it's not fundamentally sound as it generally not advisable to put the ball on the floor in the paint. You can fumble the ball, the ball can be stolen, you can be doubled--bad things happen. I wish she wouldn't do it--but if it keeps working, I suppose one can't complain too much. She'd be a better scorer, however, if she just caught the ball, went up powerfully and shot--no delay, no fuss.
 
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Nared should be better--must be better. She's had a small number of good games this year--but overall she's been a disappointment. She has got a nice combination of size/length and athleticism, and she seems a pretty intelligent player--but it just hasn't come together for her offensively, as has been the case with nearly all of our players this year. The mix of poor offensive coaching and underachieving individual performances as been a major problem this year. She's got too much potential to go 0-8 in a game: We have too many players who struggle to put the damn ball in the basket. No question we've been better in the last three games--but we remain a long way from being good offensively and, thus, being competitive with really good scoring teams. With a little more efficiency we are more than capable of beating South Carolina, if we get that far. They have struggled offensively, too--and were terrible against us in the first half when we played (but still managed to lead by three at the half and then go on to win the game).
 
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alexvol said:
I am going to state the obvious : defense and free throw shooting won this game.It did not hurt that Diamond and the Beast had great games.This was a grind it out until Diamond took over down the stretch.Diamond was fantastic offensively ,defensively ,passing the ball,making assists ,rebounding .....did I leave anything out ? Why she even smiled at end of the game after a great defensive play causing A&M's last turnover.

The press really bothered A&M the 1st 3 Quarters and Holly took it off in the 4th....thought that was a mistake but it turned out ok.
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yep, made free throws and an acceptable number of turnovers won the game. lake of scoring from the rest of the team is a real concern. out rebounded by a large number doesn't bode well for the future either. lets hope the rest of the team can pitch in and help. we know from past experience Graves is either hot or cold. we have got to shoot better from the outside to compete against really decent teams.
 
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#261
Amazing how well these gals play when they are allowed to play as they want....All of the forced passe inside, and the no quick shot bull put this squad in jeopardy all season.

It's getting real interesting now.
 
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#262
Just nice to finally see some wins....still not scoring or fluidness on offense much but at least the girls are saying "to hell with how holly wants us to play"....we will play how we want
 
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vettefool said:
yep, made free throws and an acceptable number of turnovers won the game. lake of scoring from the rest of the team is a real concern. out rebounded by a large number doesn't bode well for the future either. lets hope the rest of the team can pitch in and help. we know from past experience Graves is either hot or cold. we have got to shoot better from the outside to compete against really decent teams.
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It's not that Graves is hot or cold. She needs to get the ball.

Instead of trying to feed her in low post, they were clearing out and getting her the ball at the high post so she could use her speed to beat defenders off the bounce and get to the basket. She was automatic when she did that.
 
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#264
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Nared is one of most every player on the team that needs to put a lot of time into their game this summer and basically learning how to shoot the ball. Nared is no threat outside she hit about 25 percent from the three and overall is barely over 30 percent. I'm hoping this team can keep winning this year. If we could get in a bracket with someone like Baylor I think we would actually have a shot at the final four. I think when were playing at full strength and ability there are only a couple teams in the nation we'd have trouble beating and they are UConn and Notre Dame.
 
#265
#265
Nared and Dunbar both need to spend their summer going one on one or one on two learning to shoot a jumpshot under pressure. If all Dunbar can give us is wide open 3's she limits the offense considerably. I've yet to see Kortney hit a contested shot. :(
 
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#266
don't forget that Nared missed over half the season,I wonder if that is an ongoing issue or not ?
 
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